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'''Poisoning''' is the skill of coating blades and food with poison. A poisoner takes the poison potions an alchemist makes and smears them on a dagger, a sword or a meal, so the next creature that's cut or the next person who eats is poisoned. Poisoning also makes a mage's ''Poison'' spell stronger and powers the ''Infectious Strike'' weapon move.

This page explains how poisoning works in New Bradford: what you can poison, how strong each poison is, and how to train. Poison potions are made with [[Skills/Alchemy|Alchemy]]. Poisoned food can be spotted with [[Skills/Taste Identification|Taste Identification]].

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== At a glance ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Skill category
| Crafting & gathering
|-
! What you need
| Poison potions (see [[#Poison potions|Poison potions]])
|-
! What you can poison
| One-handed swords, knives and fencing weapons, and food
|-
! Other uses
| Stronger ''Poison'' spells, and stronger ''Infectious Strike'' weapon moves
|-
! Skill cap
| 100 (Grandmaster)
|-
! Starting gear
| Choosing Poisoning as a starting skill gives you 2 lesser poison potions.
|}

== How to apply poison ==
# Put a poison potion in your backpack (or within 2 tiles of you).
# Use the Poisoning skill from your skills list: ''"Select the poison you wish to use."''
# Target the poison potion: ''"To what do you wish to apply the poison?"''
# Target the weapon or food. It must be within 2 tiles of you.
# The potion is used up straight away and the empty bottle goes in your backpack. Two seconds later you find out whether it worked: ''"You apply the poison."''

You can use the skill once every '''10 seconds'''.

=== Success chance ===
Each poison has its own skill range. Your chance is '''0% at the bottom of the range''' and rises evenly to '''100% at the top'''. Below the bottom of the range you'll always fail.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" | !! Poison potion !! Range !! Success at 50 !! Success at 80 !! Success at 100 !! Weapon charges
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Lesser poison potion]]
| '''Lesser poison''' || data-sort-value="0" | 0 to 60 || data-sort-value="83" | 83% || data-sort-value="100" | 100% || data-sort-value="100" | 100% || 18
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Poison potion]]
| '''Poison''' || data-sort-value="30" | 30 to 70 || data-sort-value="50" | 50% || data-sort-value="100" | 100% || data-sort-value="100" | 100% || 16
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Greater poison potion]]
| '''Greater poison''' || data-sort-value="60" | 60 to 100 || data-sort-value="0" | 0% || data-sort-value="50" | 50% || data-sort-value="100" | 100% || 14
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Deadly poison potion]]
| '''Deadly poison''' || data-sort-value="95" | 95 to 100 || data-sort-value="0" | 0% || data-sort-value="0" | 0% || data-sort-value="100" | 100% || 12
|}

'''When it fails''', the potion is still gone: ''"You fail to apply a sufficient dose of poison on the blade."'' While your Poisoning is '''below 80.0''', every failure also has a '''1 in 20 chance of poisoning you''' instead: ''"You make a grave mistake while applying the poison."''

Every successful application costs you '''20 karma'''.

== Poisoned weapons ==
Only '''one-handed slashing and piercing weapons''' take poison. Anything else: ''"You cannot poison that! You can only poison bladed or piercing weapons, food or drink."''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! class="unsortable" | !! Weapon !! Combat skill !! Infectious Strike
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Dagger.png|link=|Dagger]]
| '''Dagger''' || [[Skills/Fencing|Fencing]] || Yes (primary)
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Kryss.png|link=|Kryss]]
| '''Kryss''' || [[Skills/Fencing|Fencing]] || Yes (secondary)
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_WarFork.png|link=|War fork]]
| '''War fork''' || [[Skills/Fencing|Fencing]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Weapon_ButcherKnife.png|link=|Butcher knife]]
| '''Butcher knife''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || Yes (primary)
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Weapon_Cleaver.png|link=|Cleaver]]
| '''Cleaver''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || Yes (secondary)
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Weapon_SkinningKnife.png|link=|Skinning knife]]
| '''Skinning knife''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Katana.png|link=|Katana]]
| '''Katana''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Cutlass.png|link=|Cutlass]]
| '''Cutlass''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Scimitar.png|link=|Scimitar]]
| '''Scimitar''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Broadsword.png|link=|Broadsword]]
| '''Broadsword''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_Longsword.png|link=|Longsword]]
| '''Longsword''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|-
| class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Smith_VikingSword.png|link=|Viking sword]]
| '''Viking sword''' || [[Skills/Swordsmanship|Swordsmanship]] || No
|}

* A poisoned weapon carries a number of '''charges''': 18 for lesser poison, 16 for regular, 14 for greater and 12 for deadly.
* '''Every hit uses one charge''' and has a '''50% chance''' to poison what you hit.
* Poisoning a weapon again replaces whatever poison was on it.
* Some creatures are immune to poison, and a stronger poison already on the target isn't replaced by a weaker one.

=== Infectious Strike ===
The dagger and butcher knife have ''Infectious Strike'' as their primary weapon move, and the kryss and cleaver as their secondary. It only works with a poisoned weapon: ''"Your weapon must have a dose of poison to perform an infectious strike!"''
* Each Infectious Strike uses one poison charge and '''always''' poisons the target unless it's immune.
* '''Your Poisoning limits the strength''': you need 20.0 for regular poison, 40.0 for greater, 60.0 for deadly and 80.0 for lethal. A stronger poison on the blade is weakened to the best you can deliver.
* Your Poisoning is also your chance to '''raise the poison one level''' for that hit: ''"Your precise strike has increased the level of the poison by 1"''. At 100.0 it always goes up a level, so a Grandmaster can turn deadly poison into '''lethal''' poison.

== Poisoned food ==
Poison any food the same way. Whoever eats it is poisoned with that poison. There's no sign on the food itself, but anyone with [[Skills/Taste Identification|Taste Identification]] can check it: ''"It appears to have poison smeared on it."''

== How poison works ==
A poisoned creature or player takes damage every few seconds until the poison wears off or is cured. Each tick does '''1 plus a percentage of the victim's current hit points''', but never less than the minimum or more than 26.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Poison !! % of current hit points !! Minimum per tick !! Maximum per tick !! Every
|-
| '''Lesser''' || data-sort-value="2.5" | 2.5% || 4 || 26 || 3 seconds
|-
| '''Regular''' || data-sort-value="3.125" | 3.125% || 5 || 26 || 3 seconds
|-
| '''Greater''' || data-sort-value="6.25" | 6.25% || 6 || 26 || 3 seconds
|-
| '''Deadly''' || data-sort-value="12.5" | 12.5% || 7 || 26 || 4 seconds
|-
| '''Lethal''' || data-sort-value="25" | 25% || 9 || 26 || 5 seconds
|}

* The first tick comes 3.5 seconds after you're poisoned. After 10 ticks the poison wears off by itself: ''"The poison seems to have worn off."''
* Each tick has a '''50% chance to repeat the last tick's damage''' instead of rolling new damage.
* Cure it with a [[Skills/Alchemy#Cure potions|cure potion]] or the ''Cure'' spell.

== Poison spells ==
When a mage casts the ''Poison'' spell, their '''Magery and Poisoning are added together''' to pick the strength of the poison:

{| class="wikitable"
! Magery + Poisoning !! Poison
|-
| 130.2 or less || Lesser
|-
| Over 130.2 || Regular
|-
| Over 170.2 || Greater
|-
| Over 199.8 || Greater, with a 10% chance of deadly
|}

Each tile of distance beyond 3 takes 10 points off the total, so cast it up close. See [[Skills/Magery|Magery]].

== Training Poisoning ==
* '''Every attempt''' can raise your Poisoning, '''whether it succeeds or fails''', as long as you're inside the potion's skill range. Once you reach the top of the range it's too easy to teach you anything.
* '''Below 10.0''' you gain on every attempt. Above that, each attempt has a chance to gain 0.1.
* The '''harder the poison''' is for you, the better your chance to gain, especially when you succeed. Your chance also drops as you get closer to your Poisoning cap and to your total skill cap.
* Reaching 100.0 adds Poisoning to the '''Skills Mastered''' count on your achievements.
* The thieves' guildmaster will also teach you the basics for a fee.

=== Suggested path ===
Practice on '''one cheap piece of food''', such as an apple [[File:NB_Food_Apple.png|link=|Apple]], over and over. Just don't eat it afterwards. Every attempt uses a potion, so making your own with [[Skills/Alchemy|Alchemy]] is far cheaper than buying them.

{| class="wikitable"
! Poisoning !! Use !! Nightshade each
|-
| 0 to 35 || class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Lesser poison potion]] '''Lesser poison''' (alchemists sell them for 15 gold) || 1
|-
| 35 to 65 || class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Poison potion]] '''Poison''' || 2
|-
| 65 to 95 || class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Greater poison potion]] '''Greater poison''' || 4
|-
| 95 to 100 || class="nb-art-cell" | [[File:NB_Potion_Poison.png|link=|Deadly poison potion]] '''Deadly poison''', or keep using greater poison || 8
|}

== Messages you'll see ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Message !! What it means
|-
| ''Select the poison you wish to use.'' || Target a poison potion.
|-
| ''To what do you wish to apply the poison?'' || Target a weapon or a piece of food.
|-
| ''You apply the poison.'' || Success.
|-
| ''You fail to apply a sufficient dose of poison on the blade.'' || Failure. The potion is gone.
|-
| ''You make a grave mistake while applying the poison.'' || Failure, and you poisoned yourself.
|-
| ''That is not a poison potion.'' || You targeted the wrong thing.
|-
| ''You cannot poison that! You can only poison bladed or piercing weapons, food or drink.'' || That item can't take poison.
|-
| ''Your weapon must have a dose of poison to perform an infectious strike!'' || Poison your weapon first.
|-
| ''The poison seems to have worn off.'' || The poison has run its course.
|}

== Tips ==
* '''Keep cure potions handy''' while you train. Below 80.0 you'll poison yourself now and then.
* '''Make your own poisons.''' Poisoning and [[Skills/Alchemy|Alchemy]] go together: one nightshade makes a lesser poison potion, and you get the bottle back every time.
* '''Use a fast weapon.''' Each hit has a 50% chance to poison, so a quick dagger or kryss gets the poison in sooner.
* '''Re-poison before a fight.''' Charges run out after 12 to 18 hits.
* '''A Grandmaster's Infectious Strike''' raises the poison a level every time, turning deadly poison into lethal.

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